Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday accused Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) of convincing President Trump to sit for interviews with journalist Bob Woodward for his forthcoming book “Rage” that reveals remarks by the president downplaying the coronavirus threat publicly while acknowledging its severity in private.
Carlson, just hours after recordings of Woodward’s interviews with Trump were released, said it is “surprising” that Trump sat for interviews with Woodward for the book.
“Why in the world would he do that? Well, tonight from a source who knows the answer to that mystery, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina,” Carlson said, without naming his source. “It was Lindsey Graham who helped convince Donald Trump to talk to Bob Woodward, Lindsey Graham brokered that meeting, Lindsey Graham even sat in on the first interview between Bob Woodward and the president. How’d that turn out?”
Tucker Carlson says that he has a source who told him that it was Sen. Lindsey Graham who brokered the interview between President Trump and Bob Woodward pic.twitter.com/FchaQvnAoY
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 10, 2020
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It is unclear if Carlson is accusing Graham of also playing a role in convincing Trump to speak to Woodward following the first call.
Trump himself addressed his decision to sit for interviews with Woodward during an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday, after Carlson’s show.
Trump gave no indication that he was convinced by an outside source to speak with Woodward, saying it “wasn’t a big deal” that he spoke with Woodward and adding that he “almost definitely” won’t read the book because he “doesn’t have time.”
Carlson also questioned Graham’s loyalty to the Republican Party and president during his show.
“Lindsey Graham is supposed to be a Republican, so why would he do something like that?” Carlson asked.
“You’d have to ask him, but keep in mind that Lindsey Graham has opposed, passionately opposed, virtually every major policy initiative that Donald Trump articulated when he first ran, from ending illegal immigration, to pulling back from pointless wars, to maintaining law and order at home, Lindsey Graham was against all of that more than many Democrats. So maybe you already know the answer.”
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Tucker Carlson accuses Lindsey Graham of convincing Trump to talk to Woodward https://t.co/atsyFIS5jp pic.twitter.com/ZrfqpPaaOo
— The Hill (@thehill) September 10, 2020
DHS should never have been created in the first place. DNI was intended to be an experienced #natsec careerist, not a political hack's job.
If this is how it's gonna go, disband both, go back to the 9/11 system. Less politically risky for the Republic.https://t.co/7zuKQ5JyVq
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